Massive increase in spam attacks on my small site. What gives?

[bplinson]

I will definately be installing the mod tonight.

[Drago13]

I had the same problem, tons of spammers registering but not posting.. I just changed to the question answering option and it stopped..

[Fly]

I had the same problem, tons of spammers registering but not posting.. I just changed to the question answering option and it stopped..

btw, you can still keep reCAPTCHA and add a question.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/205214-Add-an-extra-question-to-the-registration-to-prevent-bot-registrations

[stifler's mom]

I use stopforumspam with no recapture and no question, out of 3000 recent attempts none have gotten through

[bplinson]

I just installed the mod. Will see how it goes.

[mccollin]

I got a big increase about a month ago. Recaptcha has been cracked and is now useless. I added a question on registration and the problem went away. I ask them to tell me how many upper case letters are in the url in the logo. It requires a little bit of thought.

[elvish]

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...-registrations

Adding a question isn't working for me. It's showing up as blank:

Additional Required Information (profile)

:

ETA: never mind....I figured it out: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...23#post2099123

[Alfa1]

Recaptha was effective 5 years ago.

1. ban fake email domains
2. Bad behavior
3. Project honeypot
4. stopforumspam
5. keyword or link sends post to moderation
6. email verification before registration
7. Registration time check and invisible fields to catch spam bots

These are the antispam measures that we need now. Please vote for these.

[bplinson]

The mod on post 2 is working good for me. Only a few got through today.

[Fly]

Recaptha was effective 5 years ago.

1. ban fake email domains
2. Bad behavior
3. Project honeypot
4. stopforumspam
5. keyword or link sends moderation
6. email verification before registration
7. Registration time check and invisible fields to catch spam bots

These are the antispam measures that we need now. Please vote for these.

Wow, good research. Will be voting for some of those.

[Fly]

Well, looks like vB has addressed this...

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/370694-Increased-Spamming-Attempts-and-Ways-to-Combat-It?p=2099123#post2099123

[Alfa1]

Not really. Questions & answers is good to have on, but we need multiple layers of defense. The thread linked to is very outdated.

[steven s]

I have registration attempts probably every 15 seconds.

[Zachery]

Not really. Questions & answers is good to have on, but we need multiple layers of defense. The thread linked to is very outdated.

Q&A is a very powerful defense, if customized well and tailored to your site it should slow spam registrations down if not stop them. It is always going to be a cat and mouse game, but chance are if your custom tailored questions, its going to stop them.

[Alfa1]

I am happy to have that option. But I am even happier with a layered security that this offers:

1. ban fake email domains
2. Bad behavior
3. Project honeypot
4. stopforumspam
5. keyword or link sends post to moderation
6. email verification before registration
7. Registration time check and invisible fields to catch spam bots

Q&A does reduce the number of spammers. It doesnt stop them.